Articles filed under Politics
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Nations must address lone-wolf terror threatsJun 27, 2015 1:00 am - Terrorist attacks across three continents on Friday demonstrate Islamic State's wide reach, as well as the difficulties of countering its use of the Internet to galvaniz...
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Gay marriage - so far so fastJun 27, 2015 1:00 am - NEW YORK - Back in 1996, President Bill Clinton signed a law stipulating that the federal government would not recognize marriages between same-sex couples. On Friday ni...
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Clinton chastises GOP as "party of the past"Jun 27, 2015 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - Hillary Clinton roused a crowd of several thousand Democrats in Northern Virginia on Friday night with sharp attacks on her Republican rivals, calling them ...
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GOP hopefuls deride gay marriage rulingJun 27, 2015 1:00 am - Associated Press DENVER (AP) - Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee told conservatives Saturday that the Supreme Court tried to "unwrite the laws of nature an...
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Woman removes Confederate flag in front of S.C. statehouseJun 27, 2015 1:00 am - COLUMBIA, S.C. - The two people arrested for removing the Confederate flag from the front of the South Carolina Statehouse have been released from jail in the state capi...
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Durbin, Emanuel applaud gay marriage rulingJun 26, 2015 1:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin and Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel are among public officials applauding the U.S. Supreme Court's decision giving same-sex couples the r...
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Sharp language from justices on gay marriage decisionJun 26, 2015 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - Gay and lesbian Americans have the same right to marry as any other couples, the Supreme Court declared Friday in a historic ruling deciding one of the nati...
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Cook County sales tax hike should be 'very last resort,' GOP leader saysJun 25, 2015 1:00 am - Tim Schneider of Bartlett, Illinois Republican Party chairman and a Cook County commissioner, says his opposition to a Cook County sales tax hike isn't meant to set an e...
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Text of Rauner's veto messageJun 25, 2015 1:00 am - Today I veto House Bill 4146 from the 99th General Assembly in order to protect Illinois taxpayers from an unbalanced and therefore unconstitutional budget. The Speaker...
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Union agrees not to strike for a month after contract endsJun 25, 2015 1:00 am - Negotiations on a contract with Illinois' largest public employee union will continue without the possibility of a strike or lockout for one month after the contract run...